The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings July 20, 2021Why would some rather send a photo than write? “Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.” Aldus Huxley In 1965 I was introduced to this author in a tenth grade English Class. The book we were reading was Brave…

Bird Droppings July 19, 2021Is there a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? In the course of a few days several storms passed through quickly each a very definitive front literally flying by and all ending with rainbows, or so I have been told. On one occasion a twin rainbow. On the…

Bird Droppings July 15, 2021Is it only a dropped feather? “If we consider the eagle feather with its light and dark colors, we could argue that ‘the dark colors are more beautiful and, therefore, naturally more valuable,’ or vice versa. Regardless of which colors are more beautiful, or necessary, or valuable, the truth is the…

Bird Droppings July 14, 2021 Are we experiencing genocide of learning? In the midst of my daily journals entries lately it gets hectic. I am trying to recover from my pacemaker surgery and do my writing for my doctorate program, visit with friends, research, reading and discussing when I can. For the first time in…

Bird Droppings July 13, 2021Can we use the word sacred truthfully? “Teachers who do not take their own education seriously, who do not study, who make little effort to keep abreast of events have no moral authority to coordinate the activities of the classroom.” Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of freedom I have been a student and…

Bird Droppings July 12, 2021Doing what you love is not really work I watched four different news channels this morning and ended on One America News. They banter about everyone else being fake news and I listened to the twisting and manipulation of words, and I am not sure how they are allowed to stay…

Bird Droppings July 9, 2021 Pondering and thinking wiping away a tear or two I was up incredibly early today wishing I could have been finished my laps in the pool having to get out due to thunder and lightning. A great horned owl was calling in the woods as I stood there. It seems…

Bird Droppings July 8, 2021How do we know we are grown up? “The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them; he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself; he becomes wise.” Alden Nowlan Earlier this week a former student posted on my Facebook…

Bird Droppings July 7, 2021 Should we consider ignorance a part of the journey? “If I want to justify my existence and continue to be obsessed with the notion that I’ve got to do something for humanity — well, teaching ought to quell that obsession — and if I can ever get around to an…

Bird Droppings July 6, 2021 How capable do we need to be? Inspired by a student. What a contrast to only a few days ago listening to the Atlantic Ocean, the moon is coming back smiling at me as I went out in the wee hours with a crystal-clear sky. There was a gentle wind…